Pleasure-car.



PATENTED JUNE 27 J. D. WALSH.

PLEASURE CAR.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR.1G. 1905,

I'atented J'une 27, 1905.

PATENT @mica JAMES I). MIALSII, OF S'I. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PLEASURE-CAR.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,114, dated June 27, 1905.

).unlioatian tiled March 16,1905. nSr'ial No. 250,455.

.To (ff/Z 'nih/)nt it 'muy ron/cern.:

Be it known that I, .Lunas l). IVALsu, a subject ot' the King ot (wri'eat Britain, residing at St. Louis, State o'tl Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvemel'its in Pleasure-(lars, ot' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being' had to the accompanying' drawings, Vforming' a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in pleasure-ears; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination otl parts more t'ully set forth in the specitication and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation ot' my invention. Fig. .2 is a transverse vertical section on line 2 2 ot' Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ot' one end ot' a car, showing` a modilicat-ion ot' my invention applied thereto; and Fig. s is a cross vertical section on line 1t si otl Fig. 3.

The present invention is an in'iprovement on the pleasure-car covered by United States Letters VPatent No. 773,613, issued to me under date ot November l, 1904i, and has for its object a qualification of the patented construction which shall eliminate the friction incident to the patented device, one which will permit a greater range ot' oscillation for the car, thereby increasing the exhilaratingetlects produced on the passengers occupying the car, and one possessing' further and other advantages better apparent from a detailed description ot the invention, which is as t'ollows:

heterring to the drawings, and particularly lo Figs. l and Q, (y represents a car ot any approved design or pattern, the same being' pivotally mounted upon standards 1 l, projecting from a platform I), the said platform being' provided with straps or beariiigs 2, which loosely embrace the axles 3 of the Front and rear trucks, the axles 3 being' Vtree to revolve within the said bearings. Each axle is provided with a centrally-disposed double cranle arm I, which is connected to the ear-body by a connecting-rod The trucks run on rails It, and disposed between the rails and below the lowest positions occupied by the crankarms is a driving-cable 6, which may be l gripped or released by any form ot' grip G under control ot the operator, the. platform likewise carrying a brake-lever L, connected to the brakes B in any approved mechanical manner. The body of the platform has portions removed, lcaving openings O t'or the 'free rotation ot' the crank-arms.

As the cable advances the car along the rails the rotation ot' the axles will necessarily impart rotation to the cranlearms, and these in turn impart a reciprocating movement to the connecting-rods The latter being' pivotally coupled to the car-body will oseillate the latter about its axis ot' suspension on the standards I, as is obvious.

That amounts to a jlull equivalent ol the arrangement thus tar described is shown in the rnodilication in Figs. Qand 3. In that case the wheels ot' the respective trucks are provided with studs T, to which and to the car-body the connecting-rods 5 are respectively coupled. Since the studsare located at a suitable distance from the axles S3Wtliitt is to say, from the center et rotation ot' the wheelstheir eccentric position gives the intermediate portion ot' the wheel the function ot' a crank-arm, and the same character ot' oscillation is thus imparted to the car. Necessarily, as one end ot' the vehicle or car is up the opposite end is down, so that the ear is at all times rocked and a very pleasant and exhilaratingsensation results. Oi" course the passengers near the center of oscillation ol the car experience this sensation to the least degree, and the most desirable seats would be at the opposite ends ot' the car.

In the modilicatiou shown in Figs. 3 and I the studs T are preferably located along' the outer t'aces ot' the wheels, so as to permit the bringing otl the latter close to the body ot' the car, the upper ends ot' the comieeting-rods being connected by rods 8 to the car-body.

rIfhe design tor the car may be any approved style that shown in Figs. land 2 being' provided with lateral guards or wings t) to protect the passengers from the wheels otl the truchs. Obviously l maydepart from the details here shown without `altecting the nature or spirit ol my invention. 'Iheopposite ends of the platform are provided with car-couplers lO, whereby a series of platforms and cars may be coupled together.

Having described my invention, what I claim isf 1. In a pleasure-car havingafrontand rear truck, wheels carried by the respective trucks, connecting-rods connected at one end to the car-body, the opposite ends of said connecting-rods being in cooperative connection with the wheels and coupled at points removed a suitable distance from the axis of rotation of the wheels, substantially as set forth.

2. In a pleasure-car having a front and rear truck, wheels carried by the respective trucks, axles for said wheels, crank-arms on said axles, and connecting-rods interposed between the axles and car-body, substantially as set forth.

3. In a pleasurecar, a' platform, standards carried thereon, said car being pivotally suspended on said standards at an intermediate point of the length of the car, afront and rear truck comprising suitable wheels and axles therefor, the said axles passing loosely through suitable bearings on the platform, crank-arms formed on the respective axles, connecting-rods connecting the opposite ends of the car-body to the crank-arms, and means for impelling the car, substantially as set forth.

4. In a pleasure-car oscillating about a fixed axis, frontand rear trucks disposed on either side of said axis, wheels and connecting-axles forming said trucks, crank-arms on the axles, and connecting-rods interposed between the axles and they adjacent ends of the car-body, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES D. IVALSH.

W'itnesses:

EMIL SrARux, M. B. BELT. 

